The Barber of Seville

Romantic music (1815 – 1910)

London Coliseum

Until Sun Mar 17

Barber of Seville © Alastair Muir

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Fri Sep 28 2012

English National Opera presents Rossini's comic masterpiece – a prequel to 'The Marriage of Figaro', it remains as tuneful, ironic and funny as ever. Set in an elegant comic-opera vision of eighteenth-century Seville, Jonathan Miller's Tiepolo-inspired staging brilliantly intercuts the traditions of the Italian commedia dell'arte and the Whitehall farce.

The talented flautist-turned-conductor Jaime Martin, here

making his operatic debut, brings an authentic Hispanic touch to bear on this twenty-fifth anniversary revival.

Baritone Benedict Nelson is Figaro; lyric soprano Lucy Crowe returns as the feisty Rosina, and baritone Andrew Shore reprises his portrayal of Doctor Bartolo, the poor girl's pompous old fool of a guardian.

(Sung in English; running time: two hours and 50 minutes.)

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London Coliseum
Address:
London Coliseum St Martin's Lane
London
WC2N 4ES

Phone:
020 7836 0111
Website:
www.eno.org
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1. London Coliseum
  - St Martin's Lane
    London
    WC2N 4ES
  - 020 7836 0111
  - www.eno.org
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